Charlie Brill

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Charlie Brill
Born
Charlie Sanford Brill

(1938-01-13) January 13, 1938 (age 86)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • voice artist
Years active1958–2010
Spouse
(m. 1960;died 2024)
Children1

Charlie Sanford Brill (born January 13, 1938) [1] is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian.

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Career

Brill's first motion picture was The Beast of Budapest. He appeared in Blackbeard's Ghost and The Amazing Dobermans . He played Klingon spy Arne Darvin in the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" (1967) and reprised the role nearly 30 years later in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" (1996). [2] He and his wife Mitzi McCall played Capt. Harry Lipschitz and Mrs. Frannie Lipschitz on the long-running series Silk Stalkings .

Brill and McCall performed sketch comedy on The Ed Sullivan Show on the same episode as The Beatles' first appearance on February 9, 1964. They were interviewed in 2005 for the "Big Break" episode of PRI radio program This American Life regarding their Beatles-Sullivan experience, including a dressing room encounter with John Lennon. [3]

In 1968 and 1969, Brill and McCall appeared on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In , but only as the violently bickering couple in "The Fun Couple" sketches. Brill was a frequent panelist on the 1970s revival of Match Game and, along with McCall, the celebrity-couples game show Tattletales .[ citation needed ] Brill portrayed Robert, the hairdresser on the short-lived 1979 NBC series, Supertrain .

Brill has been working as a voice actor in animation. On television, he supplied the voice of the main character Grimmy in the animated series of Mother Goose and Grimm (which starred Mitzi McCall as Mother Goose) and in several movies, including voices in the two Flintstones features Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby and I Yabba-Dabba Do! . He also voiced King Poppin' Lockin' and a tired artist in an episode of the hit Cartoon Network series Grim & Evil . He has voiced several other characters in three other shows by Hanna-Barbera, including Tom & Jerry Kids ; Droopy, Master Detective ; and Yo Yogi! .

Personal life

Brill was married to actress and comedienne Mitzi McCall from 1960 until her death in 2024. They have 1 daughter. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1958 The Beast of Budapest Josef
1968 Blackbeard's Ghost Edward
1976 The Amazing Dobermans Professor
1978 Matilda Barker
1980 Midnight Madness Tenant #1
1980 Pray TV Dr. Ramirez
1980 Seems Like Old Times Court clerkUncredited
1981LongshotMoe
1982 Young Doctors in Love Doctor Quick
1983 Off the Wall Doctor Quick
1983 The Man Who Wasn't There Rastafani
1986The Malibu Bikini ShopSol Felderman
1988 Bloodstone Inspector Ramesh
1989W.B., Blue and the BeanAlan
1989 Deep Blood Ben's Father
1990Wishful ThinkingMarty Anderson
1990 Dead Men Don't Die Director
2000 Boys Life 3 Winkler
2010Limbo LoungeDevil

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1958 Broken Arrow PinaEpisode: "The Duel"
1958 Man with a Camera Shivvy BrewsterEpisode: "Closeup on Violence"
1966 My Mother the Car BaxterEpisode: "Over the Hill to the Junkyard"
1967 Good Morning World Milton PervisEpisode: "Knits to You, Sir"
1967 Star Trek: The Original Series Arne DarvinEpisode: 'The Trouble with Tribbles"
1968–1969 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Regular Performer10 episodes
1975 Police Woman Di MarcoEpisode: "Pattern for Evil"
1977, 1980 One Day at a Time 2 episodes
1978 CHiPs Tow-Truck DriverEpisode: "Neighborhood Watch"
1979 Wonder Woman Mr. SmithEpisode: "Going, Going, Gone"
1979 Supertrain Robert5 episodes
1979 Archie Bunker's Place LevyEpisode: "Bosom Partners"
1979Young Love, First LoveMr. QuinlanTelevision film
1981 The Incredible Hulk Solly DiamondEpisode: "King of the Beach"
1982 9 to 5 FricanoEpisode: "Herassment"
1982 Hart to Hart Marty WillisEpisode: "Harts and Fraud"
1984 Simon & Simon Mr. ValenteEpisode: "Double Play"
1984 Fame JenningsEpisode: "Stages"
1985 E/R Charlie / Pete the Bartender2 episodes
1985 Diff'rent Strokes JoeEpisode: "Love on the Run"
1985, 1987 1st & Ten Ron / Director2 episodes
1986 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Jango HartEpisode: "Wrong Number"
1986 Sledge Hammer! SuspectEpisode: "They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?"
1987 Hill Street Blues Robert DiNapoliEpisode: "It Ain't Over Till It's Over"
1987 New Monkees Harvey Porkbladder B.D.D.Episode: "Test Tube Tube"
1987 Murder, She Wrote RudyEpisode: "Witness for the Defense"
1988 The Munsters Today Douglas Carswell CEOEpisode: "Corporate Munsters"
1989 Charles in Charge JamalEpisode: "Chargin' Charles"
1989 Jake and the Fatman Henry CasanoEpisode: "They Can't Take That Away from Me"
1990 Without Her Consent Court ClerkTelevision film
1990 Dragnet BartenderEpisode: "Housewife Hunter"
1990 Married... with Children Eugene BundyEpisode: "And Baby Makes Money"
1991 They Came from Outer Space Art DeckoEpisode: "Animal Magnetism"
1991 Yo Yogi! Voice9 episodes
1991–1992 Mother Goose and Grimm Grimmy10 episodes
1992 Flying Blind SaulEpisode: "The Secret of My Great Dress"
1993 I Yabba-Dabba Do! Additional voicesTelevision film
1993 FBI: The Untold Stories Agent MoranEpisode: "Mary"
1993–1999 Silk Stalkings Capt. Harry Lipschitz / Myron129 episodes
1996 Ellen Del ShapiroEpisode: "Too Hip for the Room"
1996 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Arne DarvinEpisode: "Trials and Tribble-ations"
1998 Sliders Barry LipschitzEpisode: "Lipschitz Live!"
1998–1999 Suddenly Susan Leon3 episodes
2001 For Your Love BriggsEpisode: "The Replacements"
2001 Port Charles Tom Murphy3 episodes
2002 7th Heaven Mr. Tallridges2 episodes
2006 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Irwin's Grandpa / Tired Artist
2007 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody JohnEpisode: "Club Twin"

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References

  1. Rose, Mike (January 13, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for January 13, 2023 includes celebrities Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Trace Adkins". Cleveland.com . Retrieved January 13, 2023. Actor Charlie Brill is 85
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  3. "Human Spectacle 2015". 2 October 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  4. "Mitzi McCall, Comic Game Show Cut-Up Who Followed the Beatles on TV, Dies at 93".